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Published 09:02 25 Jan 2018 GMT
Updated 13:43 25 Jan 2018 GMT
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Conte admitted following the 2-1 loss that the 24-year-old wasn't ready to play.
"When there is an injury to one of your best players it is not simple, especially when on the bench the only substitute is Ross Barkley," the Chelsea manager told reporters.
"Barkley has a lot of space for improvement, he is working with us only two weeks but for sure today I was forced to make this substitution, but he can improve a lot."While we should probably give Barkley the benefit of the doubt, because it was his first match in eight months, there's no doubt that he'll need to up his game to stay in the Chelsea team. The reaction to his performance wasn't kind. https://twitter.com/pbsportswriter/status/956298391516000256 https://twitter.com/Stillberto/status/956297910160969730 https://twitter.com/nsno_83/status/956284977976668161 https://twitter.com/jackdre02/status/956285448623656960 https://twitter.com/grandoldteam/status/956285292402618368 https://twitter.com/dave_seed/status/956297555444420609 https://twitter.com/IconicLampard/status/956267740163174400 https://twitter.com/MarcusfutboIv3/status/956282078634627072 https://twitter.com/Adam_Jones94/status/956280886688960512

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